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EU land constraints
EU biofuel directive: 5.75% of EU fuel supply by end 2010
24 mio t biofuels to reply about 18.6 mio t of fossil fuels (due to
lower energy content)
European Commission estimates
16-18 mio ha needed if all biofuels feedstocks grown in EU
Which is about 17% of total arable area: 103.6 mio ha
Area reserve:
About 2.8 mio ha obligatory set aside not yet grown with
biofuel crops
3 mio ha arable land currently not used.
Source: Banse, 2007; see also Bamière et al. 2007